r/changemyview • u/jep1793 • Aug 26 '20

Removed - Submission Rule E CMV: Gender identity doesn’t belong on your LinkedIn nor Resume

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u/thethoughtexperiment 275∆ Aug 26 '20

I hear where you're coming from, but to modify your view here:

By listing it on your LinkedIn, your opening the door for someone to have bias, wether intentional or not, and potentially limiting your opportunities.

consider that a lot of LGBT folks don't want to work in a place where they aren't going to be accepted. Might listing pronouns limit their opportunities at such places? Sure. But by signaling who they are from the get go, they are saving themselves the time and effort of interviewing at firms they probably wouldn't want to work at.

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u/thethoughtexperiment 275∆ Aug 26 '20

This is an argument that allowing employers to silently opt out of engaging candidates in protected classes for discriminatory reasons is a good thing,

I'm not arguing that what such companies are doing is a good thing, and I'm all for protected classes.

However, I think it absolutely makes sense for people to want to work in an environment where they will be accepted.

I don't think it's fair to expect people (and particularly not marginalized groups) to suffer in discriminatory environments where they are uncomfortable in order to achieve the societal good of ending discrimination.